Four Components to Consider For Optimal Health

Four Components to Consider for Optimal Healing

There are many components that should be considered if you
are seeking to create or maintain optimal health.Although there are some factors that we can’t do anything
about, such as heredity or environmental pollution, there are many factors that
we can do much about. Let’s take a look at the first category:

STRESS.

We all have stress in our lives. Unless you are heading to a monastery, (and I doubt that they
are totally stress-free either) you can anticipate having your share of life’s
challenges.Let’s take a look at stress management.It is so important.When your stress hormones are
consistently elevated you are at risk for many health problems. Here are some
of the things that you can do:

1. Don't keep things bottled up inside.Sometimes we just need someone to talk to. If you can't afford therapy, to talk to a friend

2.Practice
some kind of meditation. I have written out my favorite meditation technique,
see: Healing Exercises, Focused Breathing.If that does not work well for you, explore any meditation
technique from Transcendental Meditation to Mindfulness meditation, until you
find one that you can work with.

3.Eliminate
stressors from your life whenever possible. If you are overscheduled, realize that you can say NO.Give yourself some time for yourself.

4.Explore
some kind of bodywork. Anything from massage to a yoga class can help you
unwind tremendously.

5.Engage
in some kind of exercise. Keep in mind that you can modify any kind of exercise
to suit your needs and you don’t have to bite off more than you can chew. It’s
not necessary. Just do something. Even a good brisk walk will suffice.

6.Engage
in recreation.Have fun!It works wonders for your nervous
system.

Your
outlook, the way you see yourself and what you believe about life in general
has a lot to do with your state of mind.It is imperative for any understanding of yourself that you begin to
examine your personal beliefs.

Most
of our beliefs were formed in childhood and are based upon what we were
told.If you had supportive and
loving parents you had a much better chance of developing a healthy belief
system about yourself. If, on the other hand you were raised in an unloving
environment, it is extremely likely that you carry around quite a few negative
assumptions about yourself and what you can expect from life. Most of us
developed a mixed bag of both positive and negative beliefs.

We
all know people who, for whatever reasons, are happy with themselves. These
people laugh more, stress less and seem to enjoy life fully. We also know
people who, for whatever reasons, are very hard on themselves, are seldom
satisfied with themselves and who strive to a fault. To an outsider the
reasons behind this behavior may seem mysterious but I contend that a thorough
examination of the beliefs of the person in question would expose the roots of
their attitudes in the beliefs that they hold.What can one do?

1.Learn
how to observe your own thoughts. See: Healing Exercises, Focused Breathing.
This meditation exercise will help you to step back from inside your “monkey
mind” and observe your thoughts from a distance.This, known as “the witness perspective" can bring your tremendous clarity.

2.Begin
to examine and define the thoughts that you observe. See: Healing
Exercises---Noting and jotting.

We
all know that we should eat a good balanced diet, however this is much more
easily said that done.With our
fast paced lifestyles and our highly processed foods we are seldom getting the
nutrition we need to keep our bodies well nourished and fuel our immune
systems.What can one do?

1.Educate
yourself about nutrition and examine your typical diet. Make adjustments where
needed.

2.Consider
consulting a nutritionist.At The
Schachter Center for Complementary Medicine it is common to check the blood for
weaknesses and deficiencies in order to know what vitamins and minerals you are
lacking.

3.Consider
supplementation.You can raise
your nutritional intake by supplementing your diet with highly nutritious
supplements. I recommend Body Balance which is made by Life Force International.
See: Products. Body Balance is a juice that is made from 9 different seaweed
plants and the aloe vera plant.Tasting very much like a berry juice, Body Balance contains vitamins,
minerals, enzymes, amino acids, fatty acids and bioflavonoids. Supplementation
with Body Balance is one way to insure that you receive your daily allotment of
vitamins and minerals in a whole food that is readily absorbable.

TOXINS

It
is impossible to live in the world today and not be exposed to toxins.Half the time we don’t even know what
they are, but everyday examples include pesticide residues in our food and
exposure to the chemicals in cigarette smoke, air pollution, cleaning agents,
lead paint, chemicals in carpeting and wood products, and even toxic mold.What can one do?

1.Educate
yourself about toxins and discontinue using products that are harmful to
you.

2.Test
the quality of your drinking water.

3.Consider
doing a colon cleanse once or twice a year, if indicated.

4.Consider
having a blood test to check for heavy metals and other possible toxins in the
blood.

5.Consider
treatments for toxicity, if necessary. Chelation is very successful for
eliminating metals from the bloodstream.

6.Learn
about Kangen Water. See: Products

Although
there are no sure-fire ways to guarantee health, if your nutrition is high, your
toxicity low, your stress level under control and your basic attitude positive
you stand a good chance of staying well.Many illnesses are opportunistic and find a home more easily
in a host who is undernourished and over stressed. It behooves you to examine and manage these 4 steps to optimal health to the best of your ability.